“Blackwall Yard” by Francis Holman

On the north bank of the Thames near Greenwich in 1784s. The 74 on the stocks in the middle is thought to be HMS Venerable. She will go on to be Admiral Duncan's flagship at the Battle of Camperdown

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念願の、ロンドンのホワイトエンスンネクタイを手に入れたぞ!(写真左側。右は対比のため並べた本国輸入のDoYネクタイ)
勿論Canton部のユニオンジャックはカウンターチェンジも正しく表現されているので、フッドに間諜容疑で連行されることもないぞ!

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The chase of the USS Constitution – in July 1812 Old Ironsides was in trouble, pursued by a large Royal Navy squadron in a calm. By ditching her water, some guns, and a lot of towing she managed to escape. Picture by Anton Fischer

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Meet the Cannoniere is this week’s blog - the French frigate that fought a Royal Navy 74, and lived to tell the tale.



https://t.co/bJrQRF4QnM

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Third rate in Plymouth Sound, one of the most important anchorages for the navy in the age of sail because of its location to windward of most of the British coast

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The first single ship action of the Revolutionary war and the first Royal Navy victory, fought off Start Point in Devon. The Nymphe, commanded by Edward Pellew, defeated the French frigate Cléopâtre.

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doodle some best gurl on Azur Lane :3

HMS Sheffield and HMS Sirius from Royal Navy, really love this kind of character lol xD

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First and second rates Victory, Temeraire and Neptune forming line at Trafalgar, painting by Richard Grenville.

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"32 Gun Frigate Amphion" by Derek Gardner

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Action between French frigate Canonnière (40), commanded by Cptn Bourayne, against the Royal Navy’s Tremedous (74) and Hindostan (50). A good example of how an out-gunned ship can use its speed and manoeuvrability to avoid defeat. Painting by PJ Gilbert

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On This Day, 1718 – The notorious career of the pirate Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, ended in a bloody battle off North Carolina’s Outer Banks when a British naval force sent from Virginia ran him to ground.

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Single-ship actions were some of the age of sail’s most savage fights, few more so than one fought off the Gironde estuary in December 1798. Find out what happened in my blog this week
https://t.co/q5gDFrwd7A

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"The Rendezvous", by British marine artist Geoffrey Huband

There is a story waiting to emerge from this canvas...

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The Frigate Triton", by Nicholas Pocock. Built of fir as an experiment, she was not loved by her crews, thanks to the wood’s tendency to splinter when struck by cannon balls. Pocock knew his seamanship, hence the backed sails on the foremast.

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Michael Palin on HMS Erebus and the doomed Franklin Expedition of 1845 https://t.co/ZPxAuNl0cR via

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